Pence and gate construction



Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH FAZEKAS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA;

FENCE AND GATE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed April 6, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FAZEKAS, a citizen of Hungary, residing at St. Paul,'in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence and Gate Constructions, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fence and gate constructions and has for its primary object to provide a fence capable of being set up into a multiplicity of sections capable of swinging movement similar to gate arrangements.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel type of post mounting for a hinged gate wherein the post supporting the gate is composed of a pair of rails detachably connected together with one of the rails having a hinged connection with the gate construction.

\Vith the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the aecon'ipanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevatio-nal view of the fence and gate constructions built in ac cordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view taken on line IIII of Fig. 1 showing the two rails forming the supporting post for a hinged gate,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 showing the gate hinged to one rail of the post,

Figure at is a detail sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 1 showing the bolt connected post rail and the base supporting plate therefor,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 1 showing the block carried by the lower end of one of the post rails anchored within a socket carried by the base supporting plate,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the lower end of one of the post rails,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the other post rail,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the bracing plate associated with the postrails, and

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away portions 8 to accommodate the mounting of the horizontal bars 3 while the lower end of said rail carries a laterally offset block 9 as clearly shown in Fig. 6. When the rails 5 and 6 are placed in contact and i so retained by the latch arms 7, the lower end of the rail 6 rests upon the upper adjacent edge of the block 9. I

Supporting means is provided for the lower end of the post including the rails 5 and 6 and comprises a base plate 10 centrally supporting a perpendicular housing llwith reinforcing walls 12 disposed at the rear edge of the base plate 10 and preferably formed integral with said housing as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the base plate 10 extending substantially equal distances at opposite sides of the housing 11. The block 9 upon the lower end of the post rail 5 is received in the housing 11 and a brace plate 13, shown in detail in Fig. 8 is mounted against one side wall of the housing 11 and the adjacent side edge of the post rail 6, the two rails 5 and 6, brace plate 13 and housing 11 being provided with registering openings for the passage of retaining bolts 14 as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, the post rails 5 and 6 being rigidly supported in the base plate and further anchored at points adjacent the upper ends thereof by the latch arms 7 Hinges 15 connect one edge of the gate 2 to the post rail 6 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, while the free swinging ends of adjacent gate sections are retained in closed position by the latch 16.

A modified form of supporting means for the post rails 5 and 6 is shown in Fig 9, the plate sections 10 forming a right angle with the socket 11 located at the angle, this formation permitting the swinging of the gate 2 in opposite directions.

While there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the present invention it is nevertheless to be un- March 18 9 1924. 1,487,552

W. F. FRANZ WHEEL Filed Jan. 25 1922 

